Improved composition for waterproofing



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. LEE, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR WATERPROOFING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,507, dated June 12, 1866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN D. LEE, of Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Gomposition for Rendering Boots and Shoes Water-Proof and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The composition is oomposedof two parts of rosin,one part of beeswax, one part of muttonsuet, and one part of neats-foot oil, the whole being melted together and spread on muslin or thin leather and placed between the insole 

